NUTR-6202 EVIDENCE BASED NUTRITION
This course is designed to provide a scientific, evidence-based approach on how to read and interpret health and wellness literature with special emphasis on nutrition-related research studies. A detailed examination of study types, research design, methodology, data analysis, and statistics will be included. This course will also incorporate the three components of evidence-based health care (clinical expertise, patient preference, research evidence) into the decision-making and data-analysis process.
Students will develop a working knowledge of the various approaches used to study nutrition from controlled intervention trials, large-scale observational studies, as well as functional medicine practiced-based approaches. Students will be able to explain and compare the methods used to gather reliable data, why they are used, their limitations, biases, and their applications. Overall students will be able to discuss the inherent challenges within nutrition research discipline and why our knowledge of nutrition will continue to evolve along with practitioner recommendations in the field.